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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

befuddled
    adj 1: stupefied by alcoholic drink; "the wino's poor befuddled
           mind"; "a mind befogged with drink" [syn: befogged,
           befuddled]
    2: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements;
       filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his
       questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and
       confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt
       lost on the first day of school" [syn: baffled,
       befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
       confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
    3: confused and vague; used especially of thinking;
       "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly
       thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled,
       muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed,
       wooly-minded]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Befuddle \Be*fud"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befuddled]
   To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

befuddled \befuddled\ adj.
   1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind

   Syn: stupefied.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.

   Syn: at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused,
        mazed, mixed-up.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.

   Syn: addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly,
        wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for Befuddled:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, beclouded, cloudy, fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, in a fog, in a muddle, misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muzzy, puzzleheaded

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